Matt Olsen Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

✨ Leading Data Excellence, Fostering Innovation, and Cultivating Leadership ✨With over 24 years of industry experience, I serve as the Director of Data Engineering at New Relic, where I lead a dynamic team responsible for Data Platforms, Data Ingestion, Software Development, and Data Reliability. My passion lies in driving cutting-edge data solutions that empower New Relic's data-driven decision-making processes.🔹 Data Mastery: I oversee the entire data infrastructure and tool budget, ensuring that we harness data's power to its full potential.🔹 Data Ingestion Prowess: My team is at the forefront of managing streaming data ingestion using Kafka on Kubernetes, collecting an impressive 5PB of data daily.🔹 Data Transformation at Scale: We leverage Spark on Kubernetes to transform data at scale, a pivotal step in delivering actionable insights to drive business growth.🔹 Enterprise Data Warehouse: We rely on Snowflake for our enterprise data warehousing, which provides a secure, accessible repository for critical data.🔹 Cultivating Leadership: Beyond technology, I've played an instrumental role in growing managers and leaders within the organization.🔹 Agile Transformation: I've implemented SAFe Agile within the data organization, fostering cross-functional collaboration and adaptability.🔑 Leadership & Collaboration: My leadership style combines technical acumen with a focus on fostering collaboration and a culture of innovation.

Seattle, Washington, Us

📊 Empowering Data-Driven Decision-Making in a Media Powerhouse 📊As the former Head of Data & Analytics at Sinclair Digital, I had the privilege of spearheading a talented team responsible for Data Platforms, Data Engineering, and Analytics for all digital products across Sinclair's vast media empire. Sinclair, with its 294 television stations in 89 U.S. markets, entrusted our team to deliver insights that drove innovation and growth.🔹 Data Mastery: I had the unique opportunity to lead data initiatives on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), harnessing the full potential of data to inform strategic decisions.🔹 Product Engineering Nexus: Operating within the Product Engineering organization, I provided vital analytics to stakeholders at all levels, from the ground up to executive leadership.🔹 Media Magnate: Sinclair's reach across the United States underscores the importance of reliable data platforms, data engineering, and cutting-edge analytics to keep our digital products at the forefront of the media landscape.🔹 Data for Impact: My tenure at Sinclair Digital was marked by a focus on using data to create real-world impact, driving engagement, audience growth, and business success.

Seattle, Wa, Us

🌊 Fighting for Ocean Health through Cutting-Edge Technology 🌊During my time at Vulcan, an organization founded by the late Paul G. Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, I had the privilege of contributing to a groundbreaking mission. As the Senior Manager of Software Engineering, I led a team of engineers in the development of Skylight, a data visualization platform with a mission to combat illegal fishing, a significant threat to ocean health.🔹 Revolutionary Technology: Skylight harnessed the power of data visualization to detect potential illegal fishing activity. By integrating vessel identification, location history, real-time tracking data, and remote imaging, Skylight empowered maritime analysts to identify suspicious vessel behavior, enabling them to alert authorities for swift and effective action.🔹 Technical Leadership: As the leader of software engineers, I helped to keep the development of Skylight on track and on time. It was built on a microservices architecture and deployed on Kubernetes (k8s). Our technology stack was the backbone of a cutting-edge solution designed to safeguard the world's oceans.🔹 Ocean Health Advocacy: My role at Vulcan was more than just a job; it was a commitment to protect and preserve our oceans. I was part of a team dedicated to making a positive impact on our planet's most vital ecosystems.

Burbank, Ca, Us

📈 Powering Magic Through Data: Pioneering Data Excellence at Disney 📈In my role as the leader of Data Platforms and Data Engineering at The Walt Disney Company, I had the honor of spearheading a remarkable team. We were the vanguards in supplying data related to Digital Viewership, Linear Viewership, Ad Sales, and Data Science needs. At the heart of our mission was the delivery of insights that fueled the magic of Disney.🔹 Innovation at Scale: Under my guidance, my team was responsible for architecting and building a robust data platform on AWS/Snowflake. We pioneered the use of Snowflake, becoming the first team at TWDC to do so.🔹 Collaborative Impact: Partnering with my peers, I crafted a compelling proposal that made its way to the CTO's desk and received approval. This marked a significant milestone in our data journey.🔹 Global Reach: Our Data and Analytics solutions were harnessed by thousands of end-users at all levels, from high-ranking executives to diligent analysts. We powered decisions that impacted audiences and organizations around the world.Reflecting on this incredible chapter, I'm eager to connect with like-minded professionals, data enthusiasts, and collaborators. Let's stay in touch, share insights, and explore opportunities to continue creating magic through data.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

📱 Driving Mobile Engagement Innovation for Hipcricket's Unified Platform 📱At Hipcricket, where we provided a unified mobile engagement platform that fueled awareness, sales, and loyalty, I had the privilege of leading a dynamic team and steering groundbreaking initiatives. Here's a glimpse into my journey:🔹 Team Leadership: I led a high-performing team of four Data Engineers, steering their efforts by meticulously planning and delegating sprint tasks.🔹 Architecting Data Excellence: I architected and developed the company's robust Data Platform, a powerful engine used to process and analyze Real-Time Bidding (RTB) and Adserve Data. This Data Platform processed over 2TB of data daily, a testament to its efficiency and scalability.🔹 Event & Tagging Mastery: I orchestrated the creation of a sophisticated event and tagging system, harnessing AWS Cloudfront, S3, Redshift, EMR, and Kinesis to empower our data-driven processes.🔹 Technological Proficiency: My toolkit encompassed Python, Java, Pig, Scalding, and SQL, with which I executed the majority of our transformative work.🔹 Innovation Ecosystem: I championed the establishment of the company's Jenkins, Gerrit, and Puppet echo system, playing a pivotal role in driving initiatives related to Git, Continuous Integration (CI), Build Verification Tests (BVTs), and DevOps.🔹 AWS Stewardship: As the steward of the Data Team's AWS environment, I ensured optimal performance, reliability, and security.🔹 Optimizing Ad Bidding: I innovatively built out optimizations that enhanced the efficiency and effectiveness of our Ad Bidding processes.🔹 Data-Driven Insights: I was instrumental in productionizing Customer Segmentation datasets and reporting, providing the insights needed for strategic decisions.🔹 Reporting Excellence: I created core client and campaign reports, enabling stakeholders to make informed decisions and track their success.

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

● Led the design and development of a 20TB Data Warehouse which processes over 200GB of raw uncompressed data per day on sites including Livestrong.com, eHow.com and Cracked.com as well as supporting metadata. ● Used Linux and Windows servers; Puppet, Vagrant, Git, TFS, Gerrit, and Jenkins configuration management tools; Netezza, Hadoop, SQL Server, MySQL data platforms; Excel, SSRS, and Tableau scheduled and ad-hoc reports.● Worked on transitioning an Omniture Web Logs collection platform to Apache web server logs and Hadoop to reduce space consumption by 75% on the Netezza platformArchitected star schemas using Kimball methodologies for web analytics data, financial reporting, and usage metrics.● Established processes and mentored others in warehousing architecture and SQL best practices.● Wrote Pig Scripts to extract data from Hadoop for consumption by Netezza. ● Constructed an ETL framework in Python to load 120+ tables in the EDW.● Developed a configurable database deployment tool in Python to deploy database objects including tables, views, stored procedures and sequences.● Built a Tableau deployment tool in Python to reduce report deployment time from minutes per report to seconds.● Implemented Puppet Modules to build out standard environments. ● Created multi-terabyte OLAP cubes to facilitate ad-hoc analysis used extensively by FP&A.● Used Omniture Insight / On Premise product to collect web analytic data.● Worked directly with customers at all levels within the organization on helping build requirements and delivering product.● Collaborated with QA on deployments, troubleshooting, test design and root cause analysis.

Valhalla, Ny, Us

● Designed and developed the Enterprise Data Warehouse platform sourced from multiple billing systems and corporate CRM to manage expected and actual revenue, calculate tiered sales commissions, and determine strategies for marketing campaigns.● Used Windows Server OS with SQL Server databases; SSIS-driven ETL platform; TFS for work item tracking and source control; Crystal Reports and SSRS for reporting.● Led a team of four developers including offshore contractors in the construction of the BI and reporting infrastructure for the company.● Architected Data Model using standard Kimball best practices.● Built efficient ETL for processing Fact and Dimension tables with complex transformations and type 1 and type 2 changes.● Reported directly to the CFO and VP of Finance to help them drive the revenue and analyze sales data.● Coordinated between executives and the team to manage deadlines and expectations.● Developed key reports used daily by Sales, Finance and Marketing.● Constructed cubes for financial reporting.● Profiled and became expert on source data used by the EDW.● Responsible for designing, implementing and managing data integration (ETL) between operational databases, billing systems, corporate CRM and the corporate Data Warehouse.● Responsible for corporate data warehouse reporting accuracy.● Developed reports for data quality audits.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Us

● Worked on and developed systems used by engineers and manufactures in the creation of avionics components used in both the commercial and defense sector. ● Used Windows servers; Oracle and SQL server databases; Source Safe for source control.● Designed integration between product data management system and manufacturing systems.● Developed an ASP application for tracking engineering defects which made it to the production floor to associate cost with re-work.● Worked on data migration from a Fortran to SAP and SQL Server to Oracle databases.● Administered (including backup and recovery) Oracle and SQL Server databases.● Managed performance and security auditing of all production and development databases and servers.